10 stars who ran for office

If “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin does decide to run for New York mayor – which his brother Billy suggested he JUST might do - Alec certainly won’t be the first Hollywood celebrity to try his hand at politics.

Helen Gahagan Douglas: Douglas transitioned from actress to congresswoman when she won a House election in California in 1944. The Broadway singer and actress who starred in “Tonight or Never” unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 1950, losing to then-Rep. Richard Nixon.
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